RRR RROP LENNIE NR tern ‘ “ HANGS HERSELF FROM BED. Wife Prepares Family Breakfast, | Then Kills Herself, ! Reading.—Mrs, Amanda McGow- | an, wife of former Assemblyman | Howard G. McGowan, president of | the Berks County Farmers’ Institute, | ended her life by hanging herself to | the headboard of a bed at her home | at QGeigertown, this county. She | had been ill for a year or more, but | Sunday was well enough to accom- pany her husband on a drive. She arose early and prepared! breakfast for her husband and son, | Preston, aged 14 years. Mr. Me- Gowan went away on business and returned about 10 o'clock. Callng | to his wife he received no response and upon Investigation found her body. | She had fastened one end of a rope | to the headboard and the other end she made into a loop and thrust her head through it. There were still some signs of life when she was found and a physician was summon- ed, but the woman died before he arrived, She was 44 daughter of Gelgertown. a of of age and Gelger, years Harmon RISKS LIFE FCR FRIEND. Altoona Youth Loses Arm In Heroic Attempt At Rescue, Altoona.-—-John Hull, aged 4, risk. ed his life and gave one arm to save his friend and playmate, Clare De- lozier, of the same age, from death at a carpet cleaning establishment conducted by his father. The boys were playing in the plant ! while it was in operation, and young Delozier was caught in a rope and thrown into the ‘“‘racker.” Hull, in trying to rescue him, was caught in some belting, whisked to the shaft ing, whirled around several times and tossed to the floor, his left hand and forearm so badly mangled that it had to be amputated and his rigat arm fractured in several place: the broken bones protruding from the flesh. Delozier escaped injury. OPEN EYES OF JUSTICE. Figure Back Of Judge's Bench No Longer Blindfolded. Danville.—In repainting the court Toom of the Mountour County court house the question arose as to weth- er or not the large figure of Justice behind the Judges’ bench should ap- pear as in the past, blindfolded, or with her eyes open. The question was submitted to Judge C. C. Evans, who decided that in the future ‘‘Justice” should pre- side over the Montour County courts with the time-honored bandage re- moved from her eyes, ROMANCE OF BOER WAR. Soldier Weds In Pittsburg English Girl Who Nursed Him. Pittsburg.—A romance begun dur- ing the Boer War was happily con- cluded here by the arrival of Mis: Louise Holden, of Liverpool, Eng. The young woman was met by Thomas McKee, and an hour later they were married. McKee was wounded during the Boer War and was nursed by Miss Holden. Graduate Nurses At Reading. Reading.— The annual commence ment exercises of the graduating class of nurses of St Joteph's Hos- pital Training School for Nurses took place’ here, and unlike former | years was private. There were three graduates, namely, Miss Mary C. Keating, of Heckleraville; Miss Nel- lie M. Pureell, of Pottsville, and Mis: Ida K. Deeds, of Shillington. Acquit Man Accused Of Marder, Pottaville.—H. A. Conners, a tele- graph operator, who was on tral for the murder of Superintendent | Cyrus Smith, of the Wilbert Coal Company, was acquitted after the jury deliberated only half an hour. | It was shown that Smith assaunited Conners and the shooting was done in self-defense, Carries Message Of Bursted Dam. Pottgville.— Miles of country land were covered by the bursting of the Blackwood Dam at Swatara Creek. The dam contained 5,000,000 gallons of water, and scores of persons es caped drowning by the warning spread by an unknown boy on mule- | back. Heavy rains caused the dis- | aster, i Fire Destroys Lone Woman's Home, | Lewistown. —Fire originating from a defective flue destroyed the | residence of Matilda Firth, with its contents. The building was located on the Lillyville Road, nine miles east of here. The loss was $1600. The owner is the widow of a Civil Nar veteran Ang, so far as is known, no means of support except a small pension. Sutton’s Bondsman Makes Good. Berwiek.—To relieve the over- drawn condition of the borough treasury that resulted from Tax Col lector Button’s disappearance with $15,000, one of his bondsmen made a payment of $6,000 to give imme- PN 2 < d MODERN RIF VAN WINKLE. Coal Miner Learns After Ten Years His Bank Has Failed, Altoona. — A maddern edition of Rip Van Winkle was discovered here when W, A. Porter, auditor to dis- tribute funds among the creditors of & Co., of Hollidaysburg, sat to make another distribution Patrick Mor- risey, a coal miner, living on the the bank had failed until ten years afterwards, when he came to draw told be He was dumbfounded it was defunct. His claim opposed, when will DANCING ENDS IN DIVORCE. Husband Objected To Having Other Men Hug His Wife, Scranton. C. Markell, Scranton, obtained a divorce She declared her husband would let her dance, and said: “We have gone to dances and had home, and if the would ask me to dance husband would order me not 80 in such a way as to attract at. tention. His reason for it was not my desire to dance, but he did no! like to have the men bug stated that in so loud a all the guests heard it." Grace Of here, net in her testimony gentle my to do ma m YOIic STATE ITEMS. Capta'n Phaon Sheldy and Lieutenant Warren Paro, pany G, Fourth Regiment, at Pine Grove, were mously for another peri years. The Emaus High School grady have secured Rev. Dr. Madison C Peters to deliver the address at their annual commencement, May Samuel Reber, of Upper Tulpe hocken Township, has been appoint. el by the Berks County Court as of the supervisors to fill the vacancy caused by the Adam Sny ¢ aer First of Com- N. GP. re-elected unani- d of five ates on death of Charles W, Miller, John A Schwoyer, Dr. N. Z Dunkelberger Arthur Bonner, Jacob F. Zimmer. man and Charles A. Stein will apply for a charter an intended : poration to be called the Farmers Bank, of Kutztown. The capital wil] be $50,000, divided into 500 shares of $100 each The Carpenter Works, at Riverside, are working overtime. and have the busiest season have had for the last two years, William Baker of caught a carp weighing pounds and measuring 32 length Isaac for COT Stee] they Earlyvill nineteen inches in Heydt, of brated his S4th sary. He has been half century Mrs. Anna Mary Sayder. of Yoe scratched her finger a few dav: ago with a brass pin. Biood poisoning set in and her arm is now twice its normal size, while her life is in dan- ger. George Weaver, after beng ab- sent from York in Edgeley, North Dakota, for twenty-five years, has re turned to his to remain per- manently. Caught by a premature explosion of a blast before he could escape to Maple Hill Col- ery, Edward McCoag, of St. Nicho- ias, was killed. The American Steel and Wire Company, at Plitsburg, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corpora- tion, it is reported, has cut the price on wire nails 10 cents per hundred George W. Custer, a retail jewel er of Du Bois, died after an illness of several months. He was 41 years of age. Lloyd E. Stewart, aged 8. of Al- toona, was operating a home-made merry-go-round three weeks ago, nome tween the pivot and the board. Lockjaw developed and the boy died. Daniel Sheesley, one of the five men named as a member of Harris. burg’s first Board of Health, has aotified Mayor Meals of his disin- The positions on The Firemen's Relief Association of Allentown, has elected these offi- cers for the ensuing year: ©. H. Cohn, president; G. G. Blumer, vice president; Aaron J. Henry, secre tary; Frank 8. Glick, treasurer: di- rectors, M. H. Bernhard and H. F. Weinhelmer, for three years: J. F. Lentz, for one year, and J. H. Ber. necker, for two years At the annual meeting of the Bérkshire Country Club, held at Reading, the following officers were retary, George -W. Delaney; treasur. er, F. W. Nicolls. Repairs to the cage guides at the big Pine Knot shaft of the Philadel- phia & Reading Coal and Iron Com. pany, near Pottsville, kept the water hoists idle for three days, the ac. cumulated water In the working r.s- Ing 256 feet in the shaft. This is now being removed and the colllery is working., : Emanuel Merkey, of Bethel, was squeezed between one of his horses and a wall #0 forcibly that his ribs were fractured. y York will have a roll-top desk factory by July 1, the capital stock com is h by Albert Welsh, hei vin ll A. J. Schneider, of Cul- IN = York, secretary A that stood on the farm County, ever since 1803, ia now be. £ torn down to make room for ons of which will be $50,000. The new Va., vice t, and J. of Moses Epting, of Berene, Berks the largest barns in the county, — No Such Sums Paid is Not Theirs.» > Chicago.—James A. Pall victorious again, when he was a sell more of his May wheat at the record price of $1.38. The deal for a time worked out very well for Mr Patten, but the real burden is being borne by the people, who are working hard for their loaves of bread and are getting less and less their money every day on acco the high price of flour, consequent upon the advance in the price of wheat Bakers admit that bread is more expensive than it has been for a long time, although the increase is care- fully concealed from the buying pub. le. five cents a loaf, but if were to take the trouble weigh the loaves which they purchase they would soon discover that are rapidly diminishing in weight, al- though the size may remain the same Corpulent loaves can be manufac tured by a heavy charge of atmos ble to for Th A int of to they hunger. Bakers are not taking at all kindly to the game of boosting the staff of life now being played on the Board of Trade New York City.— While the Patten bulls in wheat in Chicago rushed prices up to war quotations, some- thing of the kind happened in the local market for vegetables and fruits. In Washington Market, for instance, dealers were getting $7 and $7.25 a barrel for Bermuda potatoes, as against $5.50 a year ago. Aspar- agus sold at $5 a dozen bunches, as against $3.25 a year ago, and let- tuce brought twenty-five cents for three heads about as big as a man's hand. A year ago dealers were glad to get ten cents for three heads. Cu- cumbers sold for six to ten cents each. Apples are almost as scarce as wheat. Seven dollars a barrel is the nominal quotation, but only the big dealers have any to sell, and the best are being sent to London. The New York State crop was badly damaged by the dry spell last summer, and when It was sought to put the apples in cold storage they wouldn't keep, Colorado apples were similarly af- fected. Thousands of barrels, deal- ers say, rotted and had to be thrown away. The vegetable market has been stiffened lately by three severe frosts in Virginia, which killed all growing stuff, and the farmers have had to replant. The keeper of a small fruit and vegetable stand in Washington Mar- ket said that, while it would be de- , nied. he was sure there was a trust | which controlled wholesale prices and ! hat i them up to the present high evel, “The United Fruit Dealers’ Asso- . elation is doing this,” he said, ‘and (it tells us prices are going still ,higher. Every dealer in this place pays the same price. There is no es. cape. The bulk of the vegetable stuff we sell at this season comes | from Charleston, 8. C.; Bermuda . and Florida, both by rall and steam. ship. Some stuff also comes from California, There seems always a scarcity, though now, after the Easter demand has subsided, pricea ought to go The Virginia frost will be It is a Crime to Give or Take a Tip in Washington State. or recelves any gratuity from any guest and every person shall be gulity meanor.” was the first intimation that such a law pussed the Legislature. used now as an excuse for the high prices. We are making no money at all.” Several other dealers didn't know whether | trust or not, tut they were aware that prices for all ga-den stuff hadn't been so high In a decade. One re- {sult of the high prices had been to {force some of the small dealers out {of business. Quite a number of stalls {in Washington Market have “For | Rent” signs on them | A member of the firm of John Nix i& Co., who sald to be largest | wholesale dealers in fruits and veget- bles in New York City, and who have {buyers in California, Florida, Ber- muda, the Carolinas, England and jeisewhere, was asked about the {charge that there was a fruit and veg. { etable trust, “Never heard of it.” he sald, “and there is no such trust. If any man or set of men tried to corner the market be or they would fail. There are too many sources of supply It is true prices are high, but the demand ie here, and the law of supply and de- mand rules “Naturally we get all we can for our goods. My opinion is that the Grocers” Association is responsible for the present high prices. Long af. ter wholesale prices have dropped, {grocers go on charging the high prices irrespective of market condi tions The consumer should trade more carefully and not pay prices as are exacted. If he would study the markets more carefully, the grocers would soon find it out, and prices would be more reasonable.” Owing to the high prices ruling for potatoes, large being shipped here from England. { The wholesale price of Southern po- tatoes is now around $3.50 a bag, said they i i i there was a are proving no obstacle. Minnehaha brought in from London 54,000 bags of Scotch potatoes, NO MORE CHEAP WHEAT. Head of Patten Corner Predicts Cone tinned High Prices. Chicago. — James A. Patten re- sponded to a telephone call from a country miller who wanted to buy a round lot of cash wheat. wheat at $1.38, free on board cars here, which is the highest price of the year yet accorded for this grade. lieves all of the new crop months, which are now at a great discount under cash wheat, will have a big rise in values. “We will see no more cheap wheat in this country till there is more ex. tensive production to meet the grow. ing consumption demands,” contin. ued Mr, Patten. “I see little chance for this increase in production in this country this year because farmers all over the Northwest declare there is more roney in ing oats and bar. ley than putting Indianapolis, Ind. —Renters of land in Southern Indiana are notitying landlords that they will not land on shares, and Investigation at it A a for n than two-thirds of the crop their will be destroyed. . y organization has been formed FOWLS IN CONFINEMENT. A Farmer reader wishes to know if pure bred fowls can be raised in It has been repeatedly demonstrat- by experienced breeders that confine. be successfully in However grown fowls If birds In onfinement are not provided with {11 iil certainly for the wants of fowls necome unhealthy want of attention. The main things to look after may mentioned briefly, them with every sort of foodstuff that they would get on free range: keep them busy. An ideal like the ideal they w and die, he Supply a CEg pulling, eating and evils. Hundreds mens produced never saw a free The scored Comb Brown Leghorn cock in one of Kentucky's leading shows that the owner said never saw the in hig life. He men indeed, which convinces breed grown many fine year that of are every range. fine wir edt op - Wiley a Hn bare earth ug that fowls of or color can be confinement. any successfully The Cost in greatest to they are worth more if they have ? in fowls they objection Is that they more produce, but possibly attention wihere proper instances cicse confinement than are finer respects If majority are kept receive on imens in not attention those kept hence, ape are yOu a range situated grow fowls them in confinement to do 80, as profitable as , ¥ # " of pleasure on ana them source will you Study lirements necessary for confined will have success in growing most any standard variety.—J. C. Clipp, in the Indiana Farmer HARDY OHRYSANTHEMI'MS Chrysanthemums of the “pompon” type, of which each plant produces {rom to one hundred blooms, an inch or two across. many them sufficiently hardy to be all winter central and iatitudes. The often in good condition Thanksgiving. oe n : ioege piants are forty are in Southern blooms until iong after the the most capahl of resisting frost of any garden her Their peculiar long after successive a : A om _ the landscape merit is in blooming frosts have Th ar vehin anyiaing 10Y iy by nuded eir wivic colors at that pensable den. Tho are unlike season in the #0 3 that tl careful are made flowers are not ruined until Foot rot of sheep Is best treated by use of application of solution of blue vitrol An application of 1000 pounds of lime per acre was practically as ef ficient in case of oats as an applica tion of 2.000 pounds, ia a test made New Jersey station. In the case of clover the large application gave the better results, RUSTY CANS. The Wisconsin station has recently been conducting some interesting ex- periments in determining the pum ber of bacteria secured from cans that are musty and dented, and from and their results given below: of utensils bandling of The jron or heavier and with tin be accepted at Cans, better grade the roducts, used in its p plate should be » thickly coated No milk a factory which has been kept in ghiouig en stiff. The used for mass effects is not to be expected Masses red and masses brown side by side make a wriking combination Crimson and pink varieties should be kept by themselves because thelr colors are variable and they ke a violent contrast with the yellow The culture of hardy chrysanthe. mums is simple. They need little care and can be planted in any sit. uation so that the soll ig rioh. They are best propagated from cuttings which should be made at any from October to May cuttings plants are As great of of ” 4] ime he The factory or creamery should be an example of neatness and clean- utensils first-class liness, with all in condition 4. Co-operation pro- fac supplies, will cleanliness bet- among the of creameries, cheese milk adpout and the use tories, and city bring patrons, of utensils. 5. Milk should bought on its some patisfactory arrange well sani- rules by the and superior and milk of ! gradoal er rejected ness he merits, by ment following founded and hygienic tary + production of milk which encourage quality is grade improved — Weekly low eith Or wr wit AMONG THE ORCHARDISTS trees | always plant § digging large holes, and dumping a wheelbarrow of good loam into each hol setting Then 1 ll in the soll, free from stones and take care to soil firmly over and 18 A about the trunk of the tree is ground on south to bark firét sum- precaution has trees, $0 closely in the bark had De Bemis do not need region. snuich of manu which and supply than S. Loomis, ator In setting fruit spring, H hole hHafore tree around with rubbish tree good extra fixed Ww the hoard ong as driven into the the sun during Lack of this bundreds were grown the the " rar gars ha tree protect ths the mer of ned ml which young that the Ww trees MOWE come tender The young watering, as a rule, in this It put on a t is four inches of coarse fruit better to re, moisture, conditi water plied to the surface. —A the American Cultis *OTATO SCAB bothered with scabby po year after year, no need of it. Treat soaking two hours made by adding one pound or pint of formalin to thirty gallons of water will give the desir ed results. The use of manure, while it naturally encourages the growth and development potato scab, Are you Many there is are, and seed by of rooted, they should be put in sep arate pots or set outdoors in the!r permanent location. —Indianapolis News, FARM NOTES Keep the orchard under cultivation: plow in the fall and beginning in the spring go through it once ga Have you a good-roads drag on your beat? You may need it any time now. Just as the mud is dry- ing up on the surface, while ground underneath is vet soft, is the time to use it. You can have good roads all summer by the proper use It takes $10,000 to stock and es tablish an uptodate farm. One fourth of this amount in poultry will beat it In profit. The most prolific puilets do not al wars lay the earliest. Both chicks and fowls should have access to grit and charcoal Sheep will not drink ice cold wa ter unless compelled consequently at times they do without water as long as / possible. fii: 1 to be scabby Rotation of crops, not planting potatoes on same ground on which scabby potatoes have been raised the previous vear, will aid materially in keeping the crop free from disease, especially if the seed planted is thoroughly treat Careful this treat Guide growers employ yearly. -~Farmers’ SPRAYING SUCCESSFUL. All of the fruit trees on the ata tion grounds were sprayed with gcalecide, one part to fifteen parts of water, in the fall of 1906. When examined on March 29 very few liv ing scales could be found. Mr. Ives also sprayed nearly all of his orchard of several hundred trees with scale The results were satisfactory. At Mr. Plant's orchard about seven hundred trees besides those record ed in the stables were sprayed with acalecide by the owners, and the scale was kept well in check by the treatment —Prof. W. E. Britton American Cultivator. HONEST PACKING. One man puts up fruit in packages and If his name is on the package it will sell for more than any other package that looks as well without
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